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All Saints’ Day & the Unity of Christ’s Body

The church's eschatological unity causes us not simply to bite our tongues in the face of division. Rather, our joy is in God's grace.

Purity and Divine Grace

In the bustling rhythm of modern church life, in which clergy juggle sermons, pastoral visits, and administrative duties, the call to personal holiness can...

Credo in Corpus: The Church, Sacraments, and Moral Life (Part 2)

To confess, "I believe in the Church," is to commit to a life in which Creed, Sacrament, and ethics are inseparable.

Credo in Corpus: The Church, Sacraments, and Moral Life (Part 1)

The Church's ethical renewal depends on a spirituality centered on Christ's gift of the Spirit and his promise that he will return in glory.

Mary Ridge School: A Personal Reflection on Formation and Calling

A senior priest reflects on formation, calling, and family systems in this personal reflection drawn from his forthcoming memoirs.

From the Archives: The Three Sacred Ministers: An Outmoded Concept? (1965)

By H. Boone Porter Jr. Edited and introduced by Richard J. Mammana, Jr. The following essay by Harry Boone Porter Jr. (1923-99) was first published in...

From Law to Grace: The Gospel in the Holy Eucharist

As I grew up, it was fairly common to hear the Summary of the Law, right after the Collect for Purity, at the very...

Jacob’s Ladder for Christians: A Meditation Upon the Seven Sacraments

By Jean McCurdy Meade The founders of the monastic movements of the Middle Ages often used the metaphor of a monastery or convent as an...

God Bless America, God Save the King

By Steve Rice Reminders of the British Monarchy are all around me. I was born and raised in South Carolina and live in North Carolina....

Is There Any Salvation Inside the Church?

By Leander Harding St. Cyprian’s dictum (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus, or there is no salvation outside the church), is now in danger of being turned...

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